[Boost-users] [Lexical Cast] Strange behaviour

I know this is not new, but I've just bumped into it.... This code #include <iostream> #include int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try { ulong u = boost::lexical_cast<ulong>("-1"); cout<<"Conversion"< } catch(const std::exception&) { cout<<"Exception"< } } Silently returns ULONG_MAX under MSVC7, though not under GCC. It's an accuate reflection of how the underlying C library handles it, but do we want to propogate this strangeness? Rob.